Hi Dave, I thought it was because when the shift pedal was first introduced that many instruments only had two strings. At 08:43 PM 3/15/2004 -0800, you wrote: >Since the una corda shifts and hits two strings, why is it called the una >corda rather than the due corda. I assumed that this might have been >because in the early days there were only two string unisons, so that when >the una corda was depressed it did, in fact, strike only one string. If >that were true, then why, when the una corda is released, is the >instruction given as "tre corda". > >Clear this one up for me please. > > >David Love >davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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